Claim:
President Donald Trump claimed that border encounters dropped by 93% on his first full day in office, from 2,516 on January 19 to just 43 on January 21, 2025.
Reasoning:
- Trump shared a graph on Truth Social illustrating a significant decline in border encounters immediately after he assumed office. The graph indicated that encounters fell from 2,516 on January 19 to 1,186 on January 20, and further to 43 on January 21.
- Newsweek reported that they could not verify this claim, as U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) had not released official data for border encounters in January 2025 as of January 31.
- Additionally, Trump did not provide a source for the data presented in his chart, making it difficult to assess its accuracy.
- Data obtained by Fox News suggested that migrant arrivals at the southern border declined by 60% in the first week of Trump’s presidency compared to the last week of Biden’s administration. However, this figure differs from Trump’s 93% claim.
- Without official CBP confirmation and a clear source for Trump’s data, the accuracy of the reported numbers remains uncertain.
Fact or Fiction?
Unverified – No official CBP data has been released to confirm Trump’s claim. While reports indicate a decrease in border encounters, the extent of the decline and the accuracy of the specific figures provided by Trump cannot be verified at this time.
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